Dumping-wagon



(No Model.) l 2 sheets-sheet 1.

DUNHAM 8v F."P. & Gr. W K ISINGER.

DUMPING WAGON'.

Patented Apr. 5, 1887.

WMM/ww UNITEDv STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPHVW. DUNHAM, OF ENGLEWOOD, AND FRANK l?. KISINGER AND iEOR-GE W.KISINGER, OF DANVILLE, ILLNOIS.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,799,dated April 5,1887.

' Application filed August 11,'1886. Serial No4 2l0,6l1. (No model.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, J osEPH W. DUNHAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Englewood, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, andFRANK P. KIsINGER and GEORGE W. KISINGER, citizens of the United States,residing at Danville, inthe county of Vermilion and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping- Wagons;and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to dumping-wagons; and it consists in certainimprovements on the wagon for which Letters Patent No. 340,494 weregranted to us on April 20, 1886, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which fully illustrate our invention,Figure 1 is aside elevation of our improved Wagon. Fig. 2 is a centrallvertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation showingthe device in position for dumping.

A represents a wagon bed mounted on wheels in the usual manner, andhaving its side bars provided withv metallic strips A on their upperedges, which serve as a track for the rollers a, as will be hereinaftermore fully referred to. To this bed is journaled the shaft v C, which islocated, preferably, midway the bed, and is provided with a crank, C',by means of which the shaft is turned.

The wagon-body D is connected to the shaft C by a rope, d, in a mannersimilar to that shown, in our before-mentioned Patent No. 340,494. f

The wagon-body D can be of any desired length, and is supported upon thewagon-bed by means of the small rollers a, which are secured to theWagon-body near the front end of the -same and run upon the track A. Therear end of the wagon-body rests upon rollers journaled in the castingse, secured to the rear cross-bar of the wagon-bed, and are also sup-4the shaft C, and with the stops or abutments F, which latter arelocated in a line with the rollers secured in the castings e, andadapted to strike said rollers when the wagon-body is moved rearwardlysufficiently to cause it to tilt or dump. These stops are located nearthe opposite side edges of the wagon-body at or approximately at thecenter of gravity of said body, and the rear ends thereof are madehook-shaped, to enable them to take under the rear rollers and preventthem being drawn over the rollers.

The wagon-body is also provided at its forward end with the projectingrods or strips f, which engage the loops -f on the wagon-bed, andthereby aid in Aholding the wagon-body in position on the' bed. A boltor latch, G, is secured upon the side of the Wagon-bed and en- 7 5 gagesa perforated plate, G', on the under side of the wagon-body, and therebylocks the body in position when being loaded, and holds it againstdumping while being drawn along the road.

On the under side of the wagon-body, at its front end and midway the twosides, we secure the stirrup H. A stay-bar, I, has its forward endinserted in this stirrup,'and its rear end is pivotally secured betweentwo lugs on 8 5 the upper side of the rear cross-bar of the wagon-bed bymeans of the pivot-pin i, passed through the said lugs and the end ofthe staybar. When the body is tilted, the stirrup H will raise the frontend of this bar, and the stay-bar will be carried to the height to whichthe body is carried, and as the bar can have no motion from side to sideit follows that the wagon-body can have none, and a steady motion of thesame will be obtained. Upon reference to the drawings it will be seen,also. that thewagon will be guided in a straight line in its backwardmotion by the stay-bar and the stirrup before it begins to tilt.

J is aprop,which is supported upona crossroo beam, K, of the wagon-bed,and it is formed with an arin which extends through the side beam of thewagon-bed, and the end of this arm is bent to form the operating leverand handle L, by means of which the prop is elevated to support thewagon-body when tilted, as shown,and turned down fiat upon the wagonbedwhen not in use.

The operation of our present Wagon is the same as that covered by thehereinbeforemontioned Patent No. 340,494, and a detailed description ofthe saine need not be here given.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the bed and the body of a dumping-wagon, of aprop secured upon the bed and adapted to support the body, the said prophaving an arm which rests upon a cross-bar of the bed and extends to andpast the side thereof, and having its end bent to forni anoperating-lever, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the Wagon-body and the bed, of a perforatedplate secured to 25 the body and a bolt secured to the bed engaging theperforation in the plate on the body, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the wagon-bed, the body, a stirrup secured to theunder side oi' 3o the body at its forward end, an`d a stay-bar pivotallysupported upon the rear oross-barof the bed and engaging the stirrup onthe body, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures 35 in presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH W. DUNHAM. FRANK P. KSINGER. GEORGE NV.` IUSINGER. Vitnesses:

A. P. NoYns, BYRO N. Rooirs.

